Cover design for Dr. Gino Strada's book Green Parrots, A war surgeon's diary. He is an Italian war surgeon and founder of the UN-recognized Italian NGOEmergency. Green Parrots are mines designed to look like toys. They are small, winged cylinders roughly four inches long that flutter over lands devastated by war, but are, in fact, antipersonnel mines. This book introduces us to the endless destruction that the green parrots have spread throughout the world.